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Landform booklet

by Dee

Feb 10, 2009

Last year, someone posted directions for a landform booklet. I lost the directions!!! I know you need brown, green, and blue construction paper and you cut shapes to make different landforms. For instance, you cut a blue circle and glue it on green to make a lake and then glue the blue remains onto the green so it looks like an island.

HELP!!!!!

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Linda/OH I had saved it!

Ok, I hope I can explain this adequately. I have done this activity with as young as 1st graders, so the older grades should be able to do it.

This activity is to make a landform book with an example and definition.

First, you need to cut construction paper into about postcard size sheets. The size is u...See More

Feb 11, 2009

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THANKS!!! This is EXACTLY what I needed.

On 2/11/09, Linda/OH wrote: > I had saved it! > > > > Ok, I hope I can explain this adequately. I have done this > activity with as young as 1st graders, so the older grades > should be able to do it. > > This activity is to make a landform book with an example and > definition. ...See MoreThis is EXACTLY what I needed.

On 2/11/09, Linda/OH wrote: > I had saved it! > > > > Ok, I hope I can explain this adequately. I have done this > activity with as young as 1st graders, so the older grades > should be able to do it. > > This activity is to make a landform book with an example and > definition. > > First, you need to cut construction paper into about postcard > size sheets. The size is up to you, but 4x6" or a little > larger is great if you want to display them on a bulletin > board. > > You will need three colors of construction paper: brown, > green, and blue. > > For each student, cut out 2 brown sheets, 3 blue sheets, and > 4 green sheets of construction paper. > > I also print out a sheet the same size as each page that is a > title page. I type on it (in large letters) My Landform > Book. I find a clip art picture of the globe, and then > underneath it type a long line for students to write their > name. > > This book teaches students about the following terms: lake > island bay peninsula coast ocean river hill mountain valley > plain > > I have students glue the title page to one of the brown > sheets. Students write their name and set aside. > > Next page, take 1 of the green pages. Fold it in half width > wise (taco fold :) ). Starting on the fold, cut out a half > circle, about the size of a quarter or a little larger. > > Take the green, now circle cut-out, and glue it onto the > middle of one of the blue pages. This is an island. Turn the > blue page over. Now glue the green page, with the circle cut > out of the middle, to the back of the blue page. This is a > lake. > > Set this page aside. Take another green paper. Look at the > page so that the long side goes left to right instead of up > and down. Starting at the bottom of the page, at about the > middle, cut a wavy line up to the top of the page. Take one > of the sides, and move over about an inch, and cut another > wavy line up. You should now have three pieces. There should > be a piece that is smaller than the others. > > Take this piece and cut straight up it on one side. So one > side is straight and the other is wavy. Glue this piece onto > the edge (width-wise) of a blue paper. Glue it so the > straight edges match up. This green wavy piece glued onto > the blue piece represents the coast and the ocean. > > Turn the blue piece over and glue the two remaining green > pieces. Make sure the edges match the edges of the blue > paper. The wavy area that shows through in blue is a river. > > Ok, set this page aside. Take another green sheet. Starting > near the middle of the width side, cut out a shape that > looks like a thumb. Glue the green thumb onto another blue > sheet. The straight edge of the thumb should match up with > the edge of the blue paper. This is a peninsula. Glue the > green sheet with the missing ‘thumb’ onto the back of the > blue paper. This is a bay. > > The next pages aren’t as exciting, but I use them because > they get the point across. > > Using a green sheet on the long side, cut a hill (somewhat of > an oval shape). Move about two inches and cut out a mountain > (I have them cut out a tall triangle ~ must be taller than > the hill). Discard the cut-out shapes and glue the green > sheet onto a brown sheet. You now have a hill. The area in > between the hill and the mountain is the valley. I usually > draw an arrow pointing to the space in between. > > Turn the brown sheet over. This is the plain (an area of flat > land). Staple all pages together on the left on the width > side. > > With the older grades, after we finish making the books, the > students use their S.S. books or dictionaries to write the > definitions on each page. > > I have found this book really helps them and it looks great > displayed on a bulletin board. > > I know this must be very confusing. Please let me know if you > need clarification. > > >

Feb 12, 2009

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